Biography
Real lives unfold on these pages as visionaries, leaders, and extraordinary individuals share their triumphs, struggles, and deepest wisdom. Through intimate portraits and candid reflections, these personal stories illuminate the human spirit while offering powerful insights into success, resilience, and the pursuit of meaning.
Biography Book Summaries
Obama
From Promise to Power
Biography
Politics
History
The Feast Nearby
How I lost my job, buried a marriage, and found my way by keeping chickens, foraging, preserving, bartering, and eating locally
Food
Memoir
Cookbooks
Silent No More
Victim 1's Fight for Justice Against Jerry Sandusky
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
The Einstein of Money
The Life and Timeless Financial Wisdom of Benjamin Graham
Biography
Finance
Business
Empire of the Summer Moon
History
Biography
American History
Caged Lion
Joseph Pilates and His Legacy
Biography
Fitness
What We Carry
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
The Accidental Admiral
A Sailor Takes Command at NATO
Military Fiction
Biography
Leadership
Often Wrong, Never in Doubt
Unleash the Business Rebel Within
Business
Biography
Entrepreneurship
The Best New True Crime Stories
Small Towns: Small Towns
True Crime
Crime
Horror
Paul
A Biography
Biography
Religion
History
Sidecountry
Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports
Sports
Adventure
Essays
A Love Letter Life
Pursue Creatively. Date Intentionally. Love Faithfully.
Christian
Marriage
Relationships
Unfollow
A Journey from Hatred to Hope
Memoir
Religion
Biography
Finding My Balance
A Memoir with Yoga
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
A Lab of One's Own
One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science
Science
Feminism
Memoir
Going Gray
What I Learned about Beauty, Sex, Work, Motherhood, Authenticity, and Everything Else That Really Matters
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
First Comes Love
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography Memoir
Essays
English Lessons
The Crooked Path of Growing Toward Faith
Memoir
Christian
Faith
Restaurant Man
Food
Memoir
Biography
Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer
Law
Biography
Autobiography
Moonwalk
Biography
Music
Autobiography
Tramp for the Lord
Christian
Biography
History
A Change of Affection
A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption
Christian
Biography
Memoir
Dancing Fish and Ammonites
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
Lead with Humility
12 Leadership Lessons from Pope Francis
Leadership
Religion
Business
Storyteller
Writing Lessons & More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop
Writing
Memoir
Reference
Benjamin Franklin
A Life From Beginning to End
Biography
History
Historical
Hour of the Heart
Connecting in the Here and Now
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
The Geography of Memory
A Pilgrimage Through Alzheimer's
Memoir
Biography
Disability
Lives of the Artists
Portraits of Ten Artists Whose Work and Lifestyles Embody the Future of Contemporary Art
Art
Biography
Essays
Did I Ever Tell You?
Memoir
Grief
Death
Public Enemies
America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
History
True Crime
Crime
The Long Walk
The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
History
Adventure
Biography
Getting Castaneda
Understanding Carlos Castaneda
Biography
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
Music
Memoir
Biography
How Life Works
A User’s Guide to the New Biology
Science
Biology
Nature
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2
1962 - 1994
Biography
History
Africa
I Used to Be Charming
The Rest of Eve Babitz
Essays
Memoir
Short Stories
Elon Musk
The Life, Lessons & Rules For Success
Entrepreneurship
Biography
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
Chess
Biography
Games
Diana
Her True Story in Her Own Words
Biography
History
Memoir
The First Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
History
American History
Biography
A Fierce Love
One Woman’s Courageous Journey to Save Her Marriage
Christian
Marriage
Biography
Charles Spurgeon
Preaching Through Adversity
Biography
Christian
Theology
Buckley
William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism
History
Biography
Politics
The Faithful Preacher
Recapturing the Vision of Three Pioneering African-American Pastors
Biography
Theology
History
How to Be a Woman
Feminism
Memoir
Humor
Happiness Is a Choice You Make
Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
Self Help
Psychology
Health
Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening
How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart
Memoir
Book Club
Gardening
